Geralyn

Where Geralyn comes from

Geralyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1929
    First appearance
    #4,570 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1947
    Geralyn Wolf born
    Episcopal bishop of Rhode Island
  3. 1956
    Peak, #505
    346 babies named Geralyn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #829.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Geralyn Wolf · Episcopal bishop of Rhode Island, born 1947

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.